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Memorial Day is when we honor those who died while serving in the armed forces. It dates from 1866, when women decorated graves from both sides of ...
- Added: May 25, 2023
- Length: 06:00
Holiday music from the late Joey DeFrancesco, Warren Wolf, blues singers Shemekia Copeland and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and more
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KKRN, WJSU, WOUB and more
- Added: Dec 14, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 11
Guest host Kurt Reynolds shares his contemporary Christmas favorites
- Added: Dec 07, 2022
- Length: 59:14
June is Pride Month! Today we have stories to celebrate the history, courage, and diversity of the LGBT community.
Bought by WPSU, RadioStPete Florida, New Hampshire Public Radio, KRVS, KUHF and more
- Added: May 27, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Join host Hanif Abdurraqib for a special episode of Object of Sound, from PRX and Sonos, taking a deep dive into the world of Christmas music.
Whe...
Bought by WITF, WABE, 90.5 WESA, WEJP-LP 107.1, Prairie Public and more
- Added: Nov 17, 2021
- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 21
This classic NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR commemorates Veterans Day with Vietnam veterans and poets, Bill Bauer and H.C. Palmer. Recorded in front audien...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WNJR, KVSC, and XRAY.fm
- Added: Nov 10, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
HOUR ONE: "Finding Meaning In Desperate Times" - The pandemic isn't just a health crisis, it's an x-ray into our psyches. This hour, how COVID-19 i...
- Added: Dec 25, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Living In Skin" - All over America, people have stopped touching faces and hugging friends. This hour, explore the inner life of your sk...
- Added: Dec 11, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Rethinking The Holidays" - The holidays are looking different this year. But maybe there's an opportunity in there, too. HOUR TWO: "Wr...
- Added: Nov 27, 2020
- Length: 01:58:59
Liz and Larry share their Labor Day messages and we play a mix of traditional labor songs and poem as well as original labor songs.
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Aug 28, 2020
- Length: 28:01
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 57:30
- Purchases: 3
We look at our favorite shows from 2019. From Artificial Intelligence, to the stigma around women's periods, from guns and restraining orders to th...
- Added: Dec 28, 2019
- Length: 29:59
HOUR ONE: "In Search Of Real Food" - Supermarkets are designed to make you think you have a lot of choices. But do you? This hour, reclaiming real ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2019
- Length: 01:58:57
HOUR ONE: "Giving Is Complicated" - It's the holiday season. Time to think about gifts. It's trickier than you think. HOUR TWO: "You Had To Be Th...
- Added: Dec 06, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Endings (In Four Novellas)" - New Year's Eve can be depressing. We don't handle endings very well. This hour, how to end - relationships...
- Added: Dec 27, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Giving Is Complicated" - It's the holiday season. Time to think about gifts. It's trickier than you think. HOUR TWO: "Healing Trauma" ...
- Added: Dec 07, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
At the end of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads the poem "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite is chos...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KSFR
- Added: Dec 26, 2017
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 2
The piece shows that despite that bluegrass is considered a singular styles, it actually stems from a variety of cultural traditions.
- Added: Jun 16, 2016
- Length: 08:34
Well we did it. Made it through another year. Women have had some good news, and some bad news. What with wars, floods, police shootings, terroris...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Dec 26, 2015
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
The show is about being smart about what to talk at the dinner table and how to discuss controversial subjects with one or two relatives that may b...
- Added: Nov 25, 2015
- Length: 53:12
Contrary to popular belief, Diwali or the Festival of Lights is not New Year everywhere in India. Some celebrate their New Year during Holi the fes...
- Added: Apr 13, 2015
- Length: 06:00
Two and one-half minute commentary on progress (or not) for women worldwide in 2014.
- Added: Dec 26, 2014
- Length: 02:30
We celebrate a lot during the holiday season – family, faith, giving, shopping. But since 2012 in the U.S. the season is not all about celebrating.
- Added: Dec 05, 2014
- Length: 02:30
The last of the turkey's in the soup, and Black Friday weekend is behind us. We're now into a full-on month of shop-till-you-drop.
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 02:30
Here's our regular reminder about what to watch out for -- and what you don't need to worry about -- on this annual Fright Night.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 04:28
